IJAER

International Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Research™

ISSN 2455-6939

Title:
THE SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ANTS SPECIES WITH APHIDS SPECIES, SOME SPECIES OF INSECTS AND NEGATIVE OF THE RELATIONSHIP WITH BEES.

Authors:
Alaa S. Jabbar

Abstract:
The research showed that diagnosis thirteen species of ants of family Formicidae in Basrah province which are returning to two Sub families: Subfamily Myrmicinae Monomorium schultzei (Forel), Triglyphorthrix lanuginose (Mayr), Tetramorium depressiceps (Menozzi), Crematogaster luctans (Forel), Messor infotestaceus (Forster), Acantholepis dolobellae (Forel), Tetramorium caldarium (Roger). Sub family Formicinae Componotus xerexs (Forel), Anoplolepis anoplolepi (Menozzi), Polyrhachis simplex (Myr), Plagiolepis pygmaea (latreille), Paratrechina jaegerskjoelds (Mayr), Plagiolepis tumidula (Emery). the study was diagnosis five of ants for the first time in Iraq. The symbiotic relationships studied between seven species of ants with eleven species of aphids which infected various of plants Aphis gossypii, Mysus persicae, A. fabae, A. craccivara, Sgraminum, R. maidis, R. padi, A. nerii ,M. dimodum, Mysus rosae, U. jacerae. as well as the symbiotic relationship between the three species of ants M. schultzei, C. luctans and P. pygmaea with larvae of Tarucus rosaceae which infected the leave of zizyphus trees and two species of ants C. luctans and M.caldarium, have symbiotic relationship with mealybugs Nipaecoccus vastator. There were three species of ants M. rufatestacus, C. xerexs and A. anoplolepi infected the fruits of date trees. so as the negative relationship between five species of ants C. luctans, C. xerexs, A. anoplolepi, M. infotestaceus and P. simplex with honey bee hives, Ants infested bee brood those eggs, larvae, pupa and the adults of bees and also consume honey, pollen and wax discs. The three species of ants T. lanuginose, T. caldarium and M. infotestaceus which damage the seeds of tomato crop in zabair region.

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